A
talk show (
American and
Australian English) or
chat show (
British) is a
television or
radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show
host. Sometimes, talk shows feature a panel of guests, usually consisting of a group of people who are learned or who have great experience in relation to whatever issue is being discussed on the show for that episode. Other times, a single guest discusses their work or area of expertise with a host or co-hosts. A
call-in show takes live phonecalls from callers listening at home, in their cars, etc.
Genres
Television talk shows often feature celebrity guests who talk about their work and personal lives as well as the their latest films, TV shows, music recordings or other projects they'd like to promote to the public. The hosts are often comedians who open the shows with comedy monologues.
Talk-radio host
Howard Stern also hosted a talk show that was syndicated nationally, then moved to satellite radio's
Sirius. The
tabloid talk show genre, pioneered by
Phil Donahue but popularized by
Oprah Winfrey was extremely popular during the last two decades of the 20th century.
Politics are hardly the only subject of American talk shows, however. Other radio talk show subjects include
Car Talk hosted by
NPR and
Coast to Coast AM hosted by
Art Bell and
George Noory which discusses topics of the
paranormal,
conspiracy theories,
fringe science and the just plain weird. Sports talk shows are also very popular ranging from high-budget shows like
The Best Damn Sports Show Period to
Max Kellerman's original
public access show
Max on Boxing.
History
Talk shows have been broadcast on
television since the earliest days of the medium.
Joe Franklin, an
American radio and television personality, hosted the first television talk show. The show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later
WABC-TV) and moved to WOR-TV (later
WWOR-TV) from 1962 to 1993.
was the first host of
The Tonight Show, which began as a local New York show, being picked up by the NBC network in 1954. It in turn had evolved from his late-night radio talk show in Los Angeles. Allen pioneered the format of late night network TV talk shows, originating such talk show staples as an opening monologue, celebrity interviews, audience participation, and comedy bits in which cameras were taken outside the studio, as well as music.
TV news pioneer
Edward R. Murrow hosted a talk show entitled
Small World in the late 1950s and since then, political TV talk shows have predominantly aired on
Sunday mornings.
Ireland's
The Late Late Show is the world's longest running talk show, although
The Tonight Show is equally as old, though it has changed formats and titles since its beginnings in
1950.
Syndicated daily talk shows began to gain more popularity during the mid-1970s and reached their height of with the rise of the
tabloid talk show. Morning talk shows gradually replaced earlier forms of programming - there were a plethora of morning
game shows during the 1960s and early to mid-1970s, and some stations formerly showed a
morning movie in the time slot that many talk shows now occupy.
Current late night talk shows such as
The Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien and
Late Show with David Letterman have aired for years, featuring celebrity guests and comedy sketches.
Syndicated daily talk shows range from
tabloid talk shows, such as
The Jerry Springer Show to celebrity interview shows like
Ellen to industry leader
The Oprah Winfrey Show which popularized the former genre and has been evolving towards the latter.
Talk shows have more recently started to appear on Internet Radio. Also, several internet
blogs are in talk show format including the Baugh Experience.
The
Guinness world record of 40 hours for longest talk show was broken in
27 OCTOBER-
28 OCTOBER2007 by Paweł Kotuliński in
Poland.
Examples
Note: Some of the talk shows listed below are temporarily or permanently off the air or have not premiered yet.
Hungarian language
- Nap-Kelte (Early Political Show - present)
- Reggeli (Early Show -present)
- Esti Showder Fábry Sándorral (Late Show - present)
- Mónika Show (Afternoon Show - present)
- Mokka (Morning Show - present)
- Szulák és Más (Evening Talk Show - present)
- Jam (Morning Show - present)
- Havas (Evening Talk Show - present)
- Joshi Bharat (Afternoon Talk Show - present)
- Esti Frizbi Hajdú Péterrel (Evening Talk Show - present)
- Barbara Show (Afternoon Talk Show)
- Szulák Andrea Show (Late Talk Show)
- Liptai Claudia Show (Late Talk Show)
- Claudia Show (Afternoon Show)
- Balázs Show (temporarily not in the screen of RTL Klub)
Portuguese language
Portugal
- Contacto - Contact - (January, 2006 - present)
- Fátima - Fátima - (December, 2005 - present)
- Olá Portugal - Hi Portugal (September, 2002 - September, 2004)
Brazil
- Entrevista Record - Record (News TV) Interview (2007 - present)
- SuperPop (1999 - present)
- Conexão Roberto D'Ávila - Roberto D'Ávila Connection
French language
France
- On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde
- T'empêches tout le monde de dormir
English language
German language
- Nicole - Entscheidung am Nachmittag (ProSieben, 1999–2001)
Bulgarian language
Croatian language
Arabic language
Finnish language
Still airingNo longer airingHebrew language
Icelandic language
Indonesian language
Irish language
Italian language
Japanese language
Norwegian language
Romanian language
- Realitatea Zilei with Andreea Creţulescu
Polish Language
- Na każdy temat (On Every Topic)
- A Teraz Konkretnie (And Now Definitely)
- Wieczór z Alicją (An Evening with Alicia)
- Wieczór z wampirem (An Evening with Vampire), later continued as Wieczór z Jagielskim (An Evening with Jagielski)
- Odcienie sukcesu (Tints of Success)
- Ja tylko pytam (I'm Only Asking)
- Świat według... (The World According to...)
- Miasto kobiet (City of Women)
- Klub młodej mamy (Young Mother's Club)
- Dama Pik (Queen of Spades)
- Polski żywioł (Polish Element)
- Co z tą Polską? (What's Wrong with Poland?)
- Inny punkt widzenia (The Other Point of View)
- Kropka nad i (Dot over i)
- Kawa na ławę (Coffee on the Table)
- Po prostu pytam (I'm Just Asking)
- Warto rozmawiać (It's Good to Talk)
- Pod napięciem (Under Tension)
- Gość poranny (Morning's Guest)
Russian language
Spanish language
Swedish language
Malay language
Macam-Macam Aznil
Turkish language
Persian Talk Show
Chinese language
MandarinCantoneseKazakhstan talk shows
Parody talk shows
See also
